adam: that sandy supplemental bill is 60 billion, 45 billion according to taxpayers for common sense is stimulus spending that doesn't involve the hurricane. dan, i will come back to you after we listen to sound bite from harry reid, senate majority leader commenting on the negotiations today. here is what he said. >> okay. we had a long meeting in the white house. it was very constructive. we hope that it will be bear fruit but that is what we hope ad lot. i think that the next 2 hours will be very instructive what we're able to accomplish. >> was there progress? discussion of a concrete proposal? >> we talked about a lot of things. there is no concrete proposal at this time. we have a number of different directions we'll try to take and we're going to see what can be worked out. >> will you work on a piece of legislation? >> pardon me? >> is it a good sign or bad sign you guys are not talking much after this meeting?. >> i hooe everything is a good sign. i had my confidence he destroyed on other occasions but i hope it is not on this occasion. >> what about timing? >> timing is we'